Blathers
- "A pearl of wisdom is worth more than a diamond."
- — Blathers, Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer and Animal Crossing: New Leaf - Welcome amiibo
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| Owl |  Male
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| Birthday | September 24th | 
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| Role | Museum curator | |||||||
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Name in other languages
フータ
부엉 Blatero Eugen
傅达
Thibou Sócrates Blathers
傅達 Thibou Sócrates Блезерс | ||||||||
Blathers is an owl scholar, who first appeared in Animal Crossing and has appeared in every Animal Crossing series game since. He is the curator for the museum, and accepts donations such as fish, bugs, fossils and paintings. Blathers can also give the player information on the museum, such as exhibitions, what has been donated and by who. His name comes from the word "blather," which means to babble or speak rapidly without making much sense. He is very knowledgeable and informative, usually giving information on any object donated to the museum, and he will often apologize for his lengthy explanations. As an owl, he sleeps during the daylight hours, but the player can still donate by talking to him and waking him up.
He has a disgust for bugs and always mentions this when a bug is donated to him. He has a sister named Celeste who appears in Wild World, City Folk, New Leaf, and New Horizons, who manages the observatory in the former three games, while appearing on random nights in New Horizons. Blathers was seen on the cover of Animal Crossing, standing on the roof.
Background
As a child, he was brought up in the city, living in his parent's house. After finishing school, he went on to university, completing a number of degrees until reaching the doctorate level. Before he could complete his studies, he was approached by his professor, who recommended that he take up a post in a country museum, as all the curators of the main Farway Museum refused to move from their posts. Blathers accepted the offer enthusiastically and despite occasional homesickness, he remains at his post. As a result of this move, Blathers still has not finished his doctorate. Blathers is, as confirmed in Wild World, in his mid-twenties.
Appearances
Doubutsu no Mori
While Blathers does not appear in Doubutsu no Mori, early textures for him were discovered in a partial source code leak of the game in July 2020, suggesting that he was at one point planned to appear in the game.[1]
Animal Crossing
- "Our main purpose is to provide a place for the exhibition of items we feel have some significant paleontological, artistic, and/or zoological importance, the collection and classification of which..."
- — Blathers, Animal Crossing
In Animal Crossing, Blathers is the owner and manager of the town Museum, and during the day can be seen sleeping. When spoken to, Blathers tells the player about a correspondence course in fossil identification that he is participating in (he has expressed wishes of being an archaeologist) which he has not completed, meaning that all fossils have to be sent to the Farway Museum to be identified.
He will also accept fish and bugs, which are shown in the aquarium and insect exhibits, respectively.
Animal Crossing: Wild World
In Animal Crossing: Wild World, Blathers has completed his course in fossil identification and can now identify fossils without having to send them to be identified, giving an immediate result. He still continues to accept fish and bugs, but now accepts paintings which are put up in a painting exhibit. If they are forgeries, he will reject them. His sister, Celeste, is also introduced in Wild World, having an office in the attic of the museum. Blathers sometimes talks of his encounters with bugs during his studies. He recalls one time in a library, when he opened a book and maggots fell out. He will also mention his fear of cockroaches when one is donated to the museum. If the player donates a bug that has been donated previously, he will reject it and beg the player to keep the cage closed until the player has left the building.
When fish are donated, Blathers usually talks about how the fish tastes, similar to Chip, the host of the fishing tourney.
Conversations
In Wild World, on certain days of the year, Blathers will reveal various background information about himself. These days can be determined easily, as he will be awake for all twenty-four hours of those select days. In addition to his consciousness, he will occasionally appear depressed. During these conversations, the player can talk, either choosing to go along with the conversation or to tell Blathers to stop talking.
Animal Crossing: City Folk
- "This... Upon close perusal, I see this is most certainly NOT the original! It is a vile, shameless forgery!"
- — Blathers, Animal Crossing: City Folk
In Animal Crossing: City Folk, Blathers has the same role as he did in Wild World - accepting donations such as fish, insects, fossils and paintings, as well as identifying forgeries. He usually makes jokes and comments on fish and bugs and will bluntly tell the player of his qualification in identifying fossils.
In City Folk, the root of Blathers's disgust of insects is revealed: when he was younger, a mantis egg case ruptured on his writing desk, causing thousands of mantises to fly out. To hear this anecdote, a mantis must be donated to the museum.
Animal Crossing: New Leaf
In Animal Crossing: New Leaf, Blathers is in the museum again, having the same role as previous games. He can now identify multiple fossils at once, as well as accepting multiple donations at once. However, when the player donates to the museum, he does not talk ('blather') as much as in previous games, stopping himself mid-sentence just before going into a monologue. At some point in the game, Blathers requests a museum renovation as a public works project. When this is built, a second floor will be added to the museum, managed by Celeste. Also, after this renovation is made, Blathers will, at some point, request The Roost as a public works project. This building, unlike previous titles, is separate from the museum.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Blathers returns in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. He has the same role like in previous main series games: that of a museum curator. Soon after the player's arrival on the deserted island, Tom Nook will let them know how to craft a bug net and a fishing rod. He will also ask the player to show him any bug or fish specimen caught. Tom Nook will ask the player to give him these specimens because he wants to show them to a friend of his. Once the player has given Tom Nook five different specimens of fish or bugs, Tom Nook will call Blathers on his NookPhone to invite him to come and visit the player's deserted island. He will then turn to the player and ask them to select a spot on the island to raise Blathers' tent.
Blathers will show up in his tent the day after the player has selected a spot for his tent. Once introduced to the player, he will ask for more critters, highlighting the fact that once he has collected a further 15 specimens he will then be able to secure permission to open up a proper museum in order to show them to the public. The feature of Blathers telling the player about their donated items has returned from games prior to Animal Crossing: New Leaf, but unlike in those games, the player is allowed to choose whether they want to hear the explanation or not. The player can also bring him bugs, fish, and fossils in order to hear an explanation on them at any time, regardless of whether they have already been donated or not.
Villager info
In Happy Home Designer
| Blathers | ||
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| Birthday | Personality | Catchphrase |
| No results [[File:Starsign No results NH Icon.png|32px|No results|link=No results]] | [[No results]] | No results |
| Default clothing | [[File:No Results HHD Icon.png|30px|link=]] No results | |
| Umbrella | [[File:No Results HHD Icon.png|30px|link=]] No results | |
| House request | ||
| Client's vision | I'll leave it up to you! | |
| Favorite song | [[File:Two Days Ago_(Album Cover)_HHD_Icon.png|x29px|alt=|link=]] [[Two Days Ago|Two Days Ago]] | |
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*Blathers will share a house with Celeste.
Card profiles
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006 Mr. Resetti | e-Reader card #007 Blathers |
008 Sable Able |
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Card back
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200 Rover | List of amiibo cards #202 Blathers |
203 Tom Nook |
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Other appearances
General description
Appearance
Blathers is a large, brown-feathered owl with two pink-colored cheeks and large, feathered eyebrows. He possesses a teal colored face with two large eyes, as well as a checkered chest with a green bow tie. On the sides of his body exist two large wings, which Blathers uses as arms, as well as two talons used as feet.
In Animal Crossing: New Leaf, Blathers is redesigned to have more human-like proportions, such as a larger chest, longer wings, and other changes like the other Animal Crossing series cast.
Personality
Blathers is a dignified, proper individual with an ambitious spirit, dreaming for years of becoming an archaeologist in Animal Crossing. Blathers speaks in a refined, dignified manner when spoken to, and may possibly have a British accent. As his name implies, Blathers is very talkative about museum-related subjects, going off on various tangents when an item is donated to the museum, before quickly apologizing to the player for going on a monologue. Blathers is shown to have a large dislike of insects, most notably when one is donated to the museum, where he has the tendency to react in shock and disgust. Even so, he manages to overcome this disgust and accept the donation.
As someone who has studied relics, Blathers is able to tell a forgery from a real painting, indicating that he is a sharp individual.
Age
In the past, Blathers' age was unknown, and many players assumed his age to be around middle ground. In later games, however, Blathers is revealed to be somewhere in his twenties.
Relationships
Celeste
Blathers and Celeste are siblings who help one another, as Celeste is seen working with Blathers in the Museum, even if they share conflicting interests. Blathers has overacted numerous times to the sight of insects while Celeste was in his presence, leading Blathers to condemn himself and believe himself to be a "substandard" brother to her. Because of this, Blathers sees himself as someone needing to redeem himself to his sister, wondering if he should take her on certain activities that she may enjoy. Or, as put by Blathers, an "enjoyable time".
Brewster
Blathers considers Brewster, an employee at his Museum, to be somewhat "simple". Blathers has described Brewster to be "entertaining" to him as a result, though he does not mean to insult him, as shown when he struggles to find a right word to describe him. In New Leaf, Blathers describes Brewster as an old friend and allows the Mayor to unlock The Roostas a Public Works Project.
Redd
Blathers has encountered Redd a few times in the past, perhaps explaining his ability to discern real paintings from fake ones.
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Artwork
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Names in other languages
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フータ Fūta |
Possibly from フクロウ (Owl) and 太 (male name suffix); may also mean Hooter |
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부엉 Bueong |
Korean monophonic for "Hoot" |
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傅达 fù dá |
傅 meaning 'teacher' |
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Блезерс Blezers |
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Blathers | Same as English name |
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Eugen | Common male given name (equivalent to Eugene in English) that alliterates with Eule (Owl) |
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Sócrates | Spanish for Socrates, the classical philosopher |
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Thibou | From the given name Thibaut and Hibou meaning owl; also a surname from Burgundy |
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Blatero | Literal translation |
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